Martin Lewis: Working from home due to coronavirus, even for a day? Claim TWO years' worth of tax re

LottyRockhopper

Hi do I need to re apply in April 2021 for the upcoming tax years home working allowance , that is - do I apply every tax year ? 

Dazed_and_C0nfused

cheeserules said:

I must be the only person in Britain to be completely confused by this gov.uk online form.
I get as far as the 'Do you want to pay a flat rate deduction' page. My industry (IT/web design) isn't in the list of options, and when I enter it manually, I see a bit saying "Maximum claim for this industry: £60". I thought you could claim for a flat £6/week, ie more than £60?
I thought that would then be the end of the form but it goes on to ask me lots of specific questions about what I'm claiming relief for (company car, etc).
An I doing something wrong?

Yes.  You are using the wrong form. Have you tried the link in the MSE blog?

MovingForwards

LottyRockhopper said:

Hi do I need to re apply in April 2021 for the upcoming tax years home working allowance , that is - do I apply every tax year ? 

Nothing has been announced for the new tax year yet.
The current one only covers until the end of this tax year.

scoobisu

SarahJK said:

I'm just going through submitting the online form at the moment (because I've been working from home since 2019 and didn't know this was an available tax relief) I've inputted the £312 advised by Martin but when I get to the end (having not inputted any other expenses) it's saying: 
Total expenses for the selected year and employment: 

£ 372
I'm not sure what to do? I don't want to get into trouble for trying to claim more but I haven't submitted any figure of £372 or even an extra £50 anywhere. I only inputted the £312. 

This looks like the flat rate job expenses (£60) and the working from home element (£312). I don’t fully understand it but that is what I got for 20/21 tax year.

scoobisu

didgemaster said:

Hi All,
I'm really confused as to what I can claim back and how I should do it (sorry)
So my employer started to pay a working from home allowance in October last year of £18/month 
As I understand it I claim for "using your home as an office" and declare that it has cost £312. so where it states amount paid by my employer I'm guessing I should put in £18 per month to the end of March 2021? so £108 would that be correct?

That is my understanding

Beau22

My work had previously shared information on claiming back the working from home tax relief, which myself and some of my colleagues applied for. They have just told us that they will now pay the £6/week tax free working from home allowance which will be backdated to 1 April. However, they have said that if we have already applied for the tax relief we are not eligible for the allowance. Is this right and is there anything we can do?

glider3560

Beau22 said:

My work had previously shared information on claiming back the working from home tax relief, which myself and some of my colleagues applied for. They have just told us that they will now pay the £6/week tax free working from home allowance which will be backdated to 1 April. However, they have said that if we have already applied for the tax relief we are not eligible for the allowance. Is this right and is there anything we can do?

They can choose to pay the allowance however they wish.

You could always ask HMRC to put your tax code back to whatever it was before, which means you'll repay the tax relief received since 6th April 2020 in your next payslip.

brucie24

cheeserules said:

I must be the only person in Britain to be completely confused by this gov.uk online form.
I get as far as the 'Do you want to pay a flat rate deduction' page. My industry (IT/web design) isn't in the list of options, and when I enter it manually, I see a bit saying "Maximum claim for this industry: £60". I thought you could claim for a flat £6/week, ie more than £60?
I thought that would then be the end of the form but it goes on to ask me lots of specific questions about what I'm claiming relief for (company car, etc).
An I doing something wrong?

No you are not alone, I'm having the exact same issue (different Industry) but I'm using the link in the Blog and it's not taking me to the page shown in the blog. Any ideas very welcome. Thanks

mksandfield

I have been furloughed since March 2020 due to being clinically extremely vulnerable but my employer stopped paying furlough in December when I was unable to return to work on the advice of my consultant. In January my employer informed me that they would only pay SSP. I have not submitted a sick note . Can they stop furlough and pay SSP when I am not unwell. The care home i is work in has only social distancing as protection for me.

MovingForwards

mksandfield said:

I have been furloughed since March 2020 due to being clinically extremely vulnerable but my employer stopped paying furlough in December when I was unable to return to work on the advice of my consultant. In January my employer informed me that they would only pay SSP. I have not submitted a sick note . Can they stop furlough and pay SSP when I am not unwell. The care home i is work in has only social distancing as protection for me.

Ask on the employment section further up the forum.

This thread is about claiming the working from home tax relief.